Help for PoTS (Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome)

While Tong Ren can certainly be used (but, yes, it would have to be tailored to her specifically), I’ve found acupuncture a critical part of treating POTS. I’ve certainly treated it and with good results, and I imagine that most practitioners who have been in practice for 5+ years have seen it as well. It can, however, be a bit of a lengthy process and require some ongoing intervention in some cases. So if she were to go the acupuncture route she should plan for regular treatments for at least 3 months. Ideally, she’ll see a practitioner in her area who also practices Chinese herbal medicine. Herbs may not at all be warranted in her case, but if the western diagnostic tools have found nothing, there is a chance that an herbal quotient to the process may be appropriate.

For Tong Ren, yes, generally somewhere in the vicinity of low blood pressure and tachycardia points. If you are able to physically inspect the points you can make a list of those you are finding, then simply palpate them on her and choose the ones that seem the most sensitive to her upon palpation.

I wouldn’t get too overwhelmed by her collection of symptoms. The major value of Chinese Medicine is treating the “root not the symptoms”. So, as practitioners, we are used to people with a wild range of symptoms/issues - but as we use the diagnostic tools of Chinese Medicine coupled with experience the root eventually starts to show and things start to progress more efficiently after that. As I stated earlier, it will be a process to undertake acupuncture, but it will yield results. Some things will improve much faster than others - but even removing half of the experienced issues will be welcomed of course, but it starts to make whatever symptoms that do stay longer more obvious as to the causes. This can even help western medicine at times by removing some of the secondary issues around the deeper imbalance.

Please check out the work of Dr. Lonsdale at Hormones.

He has extensive research on Thiamine (B1). His understanding is that most folks are to varying levels deficient in thiamine. Supplementing with thiamine is showing promising benefits with many health issues including PoTS. I have recently begun supplementing with thiamine and have already begun to feel improvements in energy levels.

There is important explanations on how to supplement this nutrient along with what to expect as one begins to “refeed”.

Your welcome. And the website is Hormonesmatter.com